Lane Closes For Sinkhole Repair

Volusia - In Brief

December 17, 2004

DELTONA -- A portion of the westbound lane of Howland Boulevard will close at 10 a.m. today near Deltona High School so emergency repairs can be made to a sinkhole that opened up between Wolf Pack Run and Forest Edge Drive.

Repairs are expected to take 15 to 20 days, according to Volusia County Engineer Gerald Brinton.

Westbound traffic will be detoured from Howland Boulevard to Roseapple Avenue to Boxelder Street and Forest Edge Drive. Detour signs will be in place, and no left turns will be allowed from northbound Wolf Pack Run onto westbound Howland.

County workers used a geotechnical drilling machine to determine that the hole, which opened Monday on the newly widened Howland Boulevard, was a sinkhole, Brinton said.